Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-25
TWO CENTURIES AGO.
A Bat OF American History -Chaut tauaua
Lake.
Special Correspond-nce.l


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and the vicinity of the lochs ot Scotland
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IA. Win N.rpne,,. aud Io,;., -, ,i.,'
stspJau, of France thronyI tb,. niid.rns lid ".
from tI,p - Lawrence ~ the NI;sS;s.;,,,,i
river and then 10 the GpIf nf Naxicn
one discovery no, oft.n n,an,;nn., :,
histories but clearly described nv his hi.
nyranIer is that ,f Clap,,u,u, Ial.. ,,..,,-
toned as "a little lake six or saypr uI;Ir.
south of Lake Erie. the month of WHICH
opens Ia the south.astvarJ
Many disasters o,ertook ,h. hr,ys ax-
plorer and AZ last a tragic dn,,h. hnt
though murdered NJ the AGE of f,r,y-tou,
and after only eighteen Years snan, i, tho
amount of terri,ory owned nv ,b.. Era,,.,, ,,,,
the day when n. iirs, n.sseJ r,b,r,a,,n,,,
lake
France claimed by riybt of d;scov.rr and
occupation. in addition IN C,n,ds Ch.u,.n,
uI;a county the Ohio valley and tho ,,s,
domain called Louisiana and ma, orI, ,I;d
she claim il. but she went an strapetbs,iny
the forts pI,n,ed AT Intervals ,Iong w..
river valleys building naw onas sS,ah,;.h
ing trading po,ts and building ho.,s
a, I.,r,,h E,,,r.,l -
this French claim far nv IN. char,ar y,
James l FpylanJ owned oil ,hs IanJ -,
the AtIAntid 10 thu p,c;,;o sorth :, ,t.,
northern shor. of AXE Fri, No n,o,dar
thar the nation thai had striyan 20 y,r.s,
Canada from the yali,n, few who h.IJ !,
should look with coterous eyes toward ,h.
richer and scan,jIy defsndsj I ,n;s;an.
Roth nationS harap ,.t;u,, ,,'a.s,,
asserting their co,,ntar.l,ins L., 20
French captain WAS ssrt ,o b,ry n, s,.,.J
intervals a SERIES of 1..Js, ,,,.,as ,,,,ra'''.i
with a formal statement ~ n,sSsssin,, n,
IN. land in the name of ,h. Ersn., Li,,,
He started with a for,. ,f Ioo ,anad,an.a "a
Indians going IN water M, ,h. N;a,,ara Il, az
and lake t,r,. 10 th, ,,o,,,i, ~ Cb.n,.,,,',a
creek. near Westt;eld \ Y This .r...t A.
not connacted with tha l,r. az m. 60,
name. bu, between the tw, is the c.ia
hratai watershed which san,r,,as tho rain
fall by sending , nor, nnr,h,,rJ ., -
Erie 10 sparkIe and foam in tho s,,hi;u,.
Niagara, the other mart son,bward ,b,ouf,h
Chautauaua lak. and the ,IIaghsn,- .nJ
Ohio rivers Il mipu,e with tn. ,,raa,
Father of Waters and finally 10 co,,,,ir
ute its share in farming ,ha s,r.,, ,,nIf
stream that warns the Shores nf two non,i
nen,s
The French captaiu led his man, o,7a, s,,..,,,
mileS of portage Ia Chautauoua lake Tbay
near i,s foo, and ,ba nov, d..
passed through the narroy ou,le, hurvirgo n
few miles beyond the first le,,I,n ,,I.ta
They continued their iouruev IN tho n,or,,,
-. the Ohio hurying siy nl,taS ,nd ra
turned by way of the ,;rea, Vian,;
LATER DuO1asra tho go,.r,I,r ,,.,,.,r., .,
Canada. gave. orders for huiIding ixn fo,,S
,u, nv AXE Erie ,b, o,Ior n, ,,,a .,i =,
the portsre ON Cbaut,u,,ra l,ts IT, I,,,,
ired of hi. men m fnpr d,vs cr, g.. CO., |
road from Lake Erie I, / ,ta Cha,,,,nan.
The early settler, snake nf il as ..,h. ola
French road " The las, f.u ,,,il..s Iii
form the highway hs,waau W.s,,i'Id al
termjna,in, n, tho f,n, nf ,h.,
,rincipay str.et of ,he l,st-,,n,at ,.i,r.',
The mart playe,I hv TN. English = ,v.,I
,nown Th. foIIow;nr y.,r m. Vir,,i,,;.,,
,eyau the erec,inp of a far, NJ the inn,,;n,,
# tb. ,IIeyhenv and N,n,ny.b.i, -.
md tb. ..ohio cnmnsny., cn,n,n.ncad ,n,tS
ny settlements along the hanrs Cnysrnn,
Dinwiddie of Virginia wished ~ Sand
Message of re,noustrance tn ,b. Fr.,Ii' So
heir encro,chm.n,s aud C.or,,. y.sti,e"
on then I'M. ~ year, nf ,o.. u,a, ,l;sn,toI,s,i
N this dit,icul, and d,ny.rn,,s ,,IisS;nn
rb. nearest French fn,, 90 =, Er;a a',i
her. after weeks Of h.rdshin ,ns ,,ar;, ,ra
pessap. vas daIiyaraJ and ill.,, ,,,s,,.a
.fusaI N give mn IN. nns,s ra,',,i,..1
When al the end of eleven waeks ,b;s r.,,I,.